Penholder.



UNTED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

EDlVARI) E. BLAKESLEE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO E. FABER PENCIL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PENHOLDER.

:SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent .No. 71 1,278, dated October 14, 1902.

Application filed March 3, 1902.

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Be it known that I, EDWARD E. BLAKESLEE, a citizen of the United States, residiugin the borough of Brooklyn, New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement. in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to penholders employing a tubular metal portion and means coacting therewith for holding the pen; and the object thereof is to employ such a holder for the pen with the handle of wood or similar suitable material, as a handle the surface of which is in part of metal is objectionable to many persons.

In carrying out my invention I provide a tubular portion forming a sheath for the pen and a device within and coacting with the tnbular portion and between which the pen is received and held. This tubular portion is provided with a tongue integral therewith and stamped up therefrom, and which tongue is bent from the surface of the tubular portion and engages part of the handle to hold the same and. the tubular portion in a substantially fixed relation to one another.

In the preferred form of my invention one end of the handle is bored out or made tubular, and the free end thereof is strengthened and protected from injury by a metal ferrule having a flange the aperture of which is slightly less than the size of the bore, and the tubular metal portion is made with a springtongue, the point of which is slightly elevated. When the tubular metal portion is inserted in the handle, the spring-tongue rises within the flange of the ferrule, so that the metal part is firmly held in the wooden handle.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved penholder, showing the handle broken. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section through the end of the handle. Fig. 4 is aplan of the tubular metal portion, showing the springtongue. Fig. 5 is a section on line 00 0;, Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section showing the parts assembled. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 8 an end view, illustrating a modified form of my invention.

Cb represents the penholder-handle, which is made entirely of wood or other suitable Serial No. 96,362. (No model.)

similar material and in any desirable shape. One end of the handle (tlS bored out or made tubular, as ath, and this end is fitted with a metal ferrule or annulus 0, having an inturned flange 2 of such a width that the opening is slightly smaller in diameter than the opening I) in the handle. The ferrule 0 may be roughened or knurled and is secured to the handle in any desirable manner.

. (Z represents a tubular portion having the usual spring-prongs 3 and stamped up from the same piece of sheet metal. This portion dis provided with a stamped-up spring-tongue e, integral therewith and preferably situated at the top of said portion in reference to the spring-prongs for holding the pen, the end of the tongue 6 in this instance being slightly elevated. The tubular portion (Z is adapted to fit within the opening I) and is of such a length that when its end reaches the end of the tubular portion 1) of the handle the springtongue 6 snaps into place behind the flange 2 of the ferrule 0, contacts therewith, and secures the tubular portion in place in the penholder, making the parts inseparable and leaving the spring-prongs slightly projecting to receive a pen.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Fig. 7 the spring-tongue e, stamped up integral with the tubular metal portion 01, is inwardly turned to engage a reduced part at the end of the handle inholding the parts together. This tubular metal portion is surrounded by a sleeve of hard rubber for other similar suitable material, and the other end of the tubular metal portion is returned as a flange over upon the sleeve of hard rubber, which latter forms the gripping part of the handle and is by the metal part held to the handle.

Within the tubular metal portion is a split cylindrical device g, of suitable material, secured upon the extreme reduced end of the handle, and between these parts the pen is placed and held.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a penholder, the combination with a handle having a bored-out end, of a ferrule having an inwardly-projecting flange secured to the bored-out end of said handle, and a tubular metal portion having spring-prongs and a spring-tongue, adapted to fit within the bored-out portion of the handle so that when the parts are assembled, the said tongue contacts with the inner side of said flange to hold the parts inseparably together.

2. In a penholder, the combination with a handle having a bored-out end, of a ferrule connected to said bored-out end, a tubular metal portion, having spring-prongs for receiving the pen, and means in connection with said tubular portion engaging said ferrule to secure the tubular metal portion inseparably within the bored-out end of the handle. I

3. In a penholder, the combination with a handle having a bored-out end, of a ferrule connected to said bored-out end, a tubular metal portion having spring-prongs for.receiving the pen, and means integral with said EDWVARD E. BLAKESLEE. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, BERTHA M. ALLEN. 

